The Obama Coin

  It seems a tad early, but a company already is making commemorative coins depicting Barack Obama's profile, the White House and the words "President of the United States."

  Kicker is it's not even an American company, but rather a British one.

  Quote: The coins already sold to the Democrats will be presented to the senators, congressmen, governors and other politicians they are being given to within the next two weeks.

There will also be a television advertising campaign launched in the US.

The company directors got the idea of producing the coins after seeing actress Meryl Streep talking about Barack Obama on a television programme.